*Children’s Books: This week, we return to the adventures of Biggles. Written by Captain W E Johns, the wartime (and later) stories of James Bigglesworth gave us an iconic British hero, a highly competent fighter pilot with a characteristic gentlemanly air, who has gone on to represent an archetypal figure. Nearly 100 Biggles books were written and published and reprinted many times over, and we have a new selection now available, four Armada and two Knight paperbacks from the 1960s/1970s. And I wish Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth were still up there now, looking out for us – we could do with them and their wizard prangs.
PICTURED: ALL BY W E JOHNS ALL SOLD
BIGGLES FLIES NORTH Armada 1966 UK PB GD £3
BIGGLES: FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE Armada 1971? UK PB VG £4
BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS Armada 1975 UK PB FN £5
BIGGLES IN THE UNDERWORLD Knight 1971 UK PB VG/FN £4
BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT Knight 1979 UK PB VG/FN £4
BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT Armada 1971? UK PB VG £4